‘The King's Speech’, the drama about King George VI of Britain and his vocal coach, triumphant at the 83rd Academy Awards, taking four Oscars including Best Film, Best Actor for Colin Firth and Best Director for Tom Hooper. "I have a feeling my career is just peaked," he said. The film considered its closest competitor, ‘The Social Network’ - which electrified audiences by telling the story of Facebook, a history so recent we're still living it - picked three major prizes, included Best Adapted Script.

‘Inception,’ the blockbuster about dream invaders, also won four trophies, mostly in technical categories like sound mixing.

Natalie Portman won best actress for her role as a demented ballerina in ‘Black Swan,’ that film’s lone prize. ‘The Fighter’ and ‘Alice in Wonderland’ each won two awards; even

Universal Pictures won one: its ‘Wolfman’ took the make-up prize, for the work of Rick Baker and Dave Elsey.

Melissa Leo won best supporting actress for her role in ‘The Fighter,’ also scored in the supporting actor category, with an emotional Christian Bale, a first-time nominee, who plays the role of a lovable crack addict and former boxer.

In an expected victory, ‘In a Better World,’ about families and their intertwined lives in Denmark and Africa, took best foreign-language film.

Pixar, won the best animated film Oscar, for ‘Toy Story 3,’ with its director, Lee Unkrich, accepting the trophy. Randy Newman, a winner for his song ‘We Belong Together,’ from ‘Toy Story 3,’ said he really didn’t want to bore the audience with gratitude. Mr. Newman, who reckoned he had been nominated 20 times and won just twice.

The ceremony was shorter than in years past, clocking in at about three hours and 12 minutes.

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